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Author Jalajel, David Solomon

Title Women and Leadership in Islamic Law : a Critical Analysis of Classical Legal Texts
Published Florence : Taylor and Francis, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (321 pages)
Series Culture and Civilization in the Middle East
Culture and civilisation in the Middle East.
Contents 1.6 Ḥanafī juristic preference (istiḥsān)1.7 Practice of the people of Madīnah (ʿAmal Ahl al-Madīnah); 1.8 Circumstance- dependent sources; 1.8.1 Juristic preference (istiḥsān); 1.8.2 Preventing legal loopholes (sadd al-dharā'iʿ); 1.8.3 Considerations of the general welfare (al-maṣāliḥ al-mursalah); 1.8.4 Differentiating between these three sources of legislation; 1.8.5 Local custom (ʿurf); 1.8.6 Summary; 1.9 Conclusions; 2 Gender: cultural and social justifications; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Deficiency and inherent worth; 2.2.1 Mālikī texts; 2.2.2 Shāfiʿī texts; 2.2.3 Ḥanbalī texts
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; I.1 Survey of the literature; I.2 Theoretical framework and research methodology; I.3 Scope of the study and delimitation of the study area; I.3.1 Legal schools; I.3.2 Legal questions; I.3.3 Legal literature; I.4 Limitations and challenges; I.4.1 Limitations of legal theory and legal texts; I.4.2 Determining the influence of gender attitudes; I.4.3 Scriptural sources; I.4.4 Disclaimer; I.5 A note on citations; 1 Legal theory: ideological and methodological justifications; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The Qur'an
1.2.1 Sūrat al-Nisā' (4), Verse1.2.2 Sūrat al-Baqarah (2), Verse; 1.2.3 Sūrat al-Baqarah (2), Verse; 1.2.4 Summary; 1.3 The Sunnah; 1.3.1 The Sunnah and the schools of law; 1.3.2 A people who grant a woman authority to rule them; 1.3.3 Deficient in intellect and religion; 1.3.4 Judges are three: one in Heaven and two in Hell; 1.3.5 Send them to the back; 1.3.6 Anas and the old lady; 1.3.7 The best ranks for women are the last ones; 1.3.8 If one of you finds [a mistake] in someone's prayer; 1.3.9 A woman does not lead a man in prayer
1.3.10 The most well-versed among the people should lead them in prayer1.3.11 The ḥadīth of Umm Waraqah; 1.3.12 A woman's prayer in her house is better; 1.3.13 The woman does not stand forward; 1.3.14 ʿĀ'ishah and Umm Salamah; 1.3.15 Ibn ʿAbbās on women-only congregations; 1.3.16 ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib on women imāms; 1.3.17 General observations; 1.3.18 Summary; 1.4 Consensus (ijmāʿ); 1.4.1 Leading prayer; 1.4.2 Women-only congregations; 1.4.3 Political leadership; 1.4.4 Judicial appointments; 1.4.5 Summary; 1.5 Juristic analogy (qiyās); 1.5.1 Comparing judicial authority to political leadership
1.5.2 Comparing judicial authority to prayer1.5.3 Comparing women to sinners; 1.5.4 Comparing a woman judge to a blind judge; 1.5.5 Comparing a woman judge to a slave; 1.5.6 Comparing judicial authority to testimony; 1.5.7 Comparing judicial decisions to issuing legal edicts; 1.5.8 Comparing prayer leadership to political leadership; 1.5.9 Comparing clapping vs. speaking to leading prayer; 1.5.10 Comparing women to the insane; 1.5.11 Comparing women to slaves; 1.5.12 Comparing women coming in line with men to women leading prayer; 1.5.13 Comparing women to naked men; 1.5.14 Summary
Notes 2.2.4 Ḥanafī texts
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Subject Women (Islamic law)
Leadership in women.
Leadership in women
Women (Islamic law)
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781317302735
1317302737